At the spring 2025 meeting, the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) reviewed public comments received regarding Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-7 (d). This IR was created to evaluate thresholds for student achievement outcomes in master’s programs. The CoA voted to adopt the IR at the spring meeting.
Following the commission’s spring 2025 meeting, the following two items are available for public comment or notice:
Master’s interim reporting
To demonstrate ongoing consistency with the SoA, the commission requires programs that receive ten years between periodic reviews to provide an interim report five years after the beginning of the ten-year accreditation term. The CoA currently has three IRs related to interim reporting at the doctoral, doctoral internship, and postdoctoral residency: IRs D.4-8(b-d). The Commission has developed an IR related to interim reporting at the master’s level: IR D.4-8(a).
In accordance with the APA "Policies for Accreditation Governance" and U.S. Department of Education regulations for notice and comment, the CoA will make the proposed revisions available for a sixty (60) day period of public review and comment. The comment period began at 5 p.m. Eastern time on May 29, 2025 and will continue through 5 pm. Eastern time on July 28, 2025. Information about the proposed standards and public comment is available on the CoA websiteopens in new window.
Commission on Accreditation meeting procedures (notice)
After using a virtual format for some meetings, the CoA has clarified its policy on Commissioner attendance via IR E.2-1(4). The new IR includes attendance guidelines for Commissioners attending a CoA meeting virtually.
In accordance with the APA “Policies for Accreditation Governance” and the US Department of Education regulations for notice and comment, the CoA is providing additional information and making the changes available for a thirty (30) day period of public notice starting on May 29, 2025. On behalf of the CoA, thank you in advance for your review. Information about the proposed standards and public notice is available on the CoA websiteopens in new window.